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To: nickcarraway
Here's an amazing possibility:
"Antibiotics work in different ways, but they all need to bind to bacterial cells in order to kill them," explains lead author Dr Joseph Ndieyira (UCL Medicine). "Antibiotics have 'keys' that fit 'locks' on bacterial cell surfaces, allowing them to latch on. When a bacterium becomes resistant to a drug, it effectively changes the locks so the key won't fit any more. Incredibly, we found that certain antibiotics can still 'force' the lock, allowing them to bind to and kill resistant bacteria because they are able to push hard enough. In fact, some of them were so strong they tore the door off its hinges, killing the bacteria instantly!"
If it proves to be true, I think humanity's worries about bacteria (and probably viruses, too) are over with.
2 posted on 11/25/2017 11:05:54 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

At least until the next evolutionary development.


3 posted on 11/25/2017 11:12:19 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: LibWhacker

There has never been a cure for a virus. There are vaccines for some, but not cures.


4 posted on 11/25/2017 11:29:56 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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